On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 21:12:26 +0100, Oliver Temlin wrote: > On 18 January 2015 at 21:04, Csányi Pál <csanyipal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> warning: celestia-addon-sun: /tmp/ > >> ^^^^ tmp? > > What does it mean? > > Ramdisk is mounted on /tmp, thus any file installed to it is lost > after a reboot. --Oliver Temlin True for a default Arch install, but in general not entirely true. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -hAl /mnt/suse11.2/tmp total 1.5M drwx------ 3 108 root 4.0K Aug 17 18:45 .beagleindexwapi.5Qml2BkVwt -rw------- 1 rocketmouse users 149 Dec 31 2013 bug-buddy-ON108W drwx------ 2 rocketmouse users 4.0K Jan 15 07:08 .esd-1000 drwx------ 2 109 112 4.0K Jan 15 04:06 .esd-109 drwxr-xr-x 2 rocketmouse users 4.0K Dec 9 10:56 hsperfdata_spinymouse11.2 drwx------ 2 rocketmouse users 4.0K Oct 30 2013 icedteaplugin-spinymouse11.2 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4.0K Jan 15 04:06 .ICE-unix drwx------ 2 rocketmouse users 4.0K Sep 29 21:15 keyring-bRUdWG drwx------ 2 rocketmouse users 4.0K Sep 29 20:44 keyring-ls6N8D drwx------ 2 109 112 36K Jan 15 04:06 orbit-gdm drwx------ 2 rocketmouse users 28K Jan 15 07:08 orbit-spinymouse11.2 drwx------ 2 109 112 4.0K Jan 15 04:06 pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n drwx------ 2 rocketmouse users 4.0K Jan 15 07:08 pulse-YJ5zTKHNh18x drwx------ 2 rocketmouse users 4.0K Oct 28 2013 seahorse-0jqjxk [snip] On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 21:13:59 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > In /tmp/ there are only temporarily files. Nothing seriously can be > installed to /tmp/. > > "/tmp > > Temporary files (see also /var/tmp). Often not preserved > between system reboots." - > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard From the same Wiki: "/tmp Temporary files to be preserved between reboots." Anyway, for a default Arch install after a reboot /tmp/ is cleaned and /tmp/ is for temporarily files, so nothing seriously can be installed to /tmp/.
